Question

The triangle formed by a 4-foot-tall mail box and its 6-foot shadow is similar to the triangle formed by a utility pole and its 15-foot shadow at the same time of day. What scale factor is used to transform the image of the utility pole triangle from the preimage of the mailbox triangle? Use this scale factor to determine the height of the utility pole.

Answer 1

The transformations used were rotations, reflections, and R(–3, –3). After a dilation, the image of P is. P'(4, 12). What is the scale factor of the dilation? 5.The triangle formed by a 4-foot-tall mail box and its 6-foot shadow is similar to the triangle formed by a utility pole and its 15-foot shadow at the same time of day.

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